A neurological disorder characterized by four primary symptoms: Acalculia, Agraphia, and inability to distinguish right form left, and finger agnosia. Gerstmann’s syndrome has been attributed to lesions in the angular gyrus of the dominant inferior parietal lobe. This disease is classified as a spongiform encephalopathy.
A condition in which someone no longer recognises his or her body image, cannot recognise his or her different fingers and is unable to write.
A group of symptoms that represent a partial disintegration of the patient’s recognition of his body image. It consists of an inability to name the individual fingers, misidentification of the right and left sides of the body, and inability to write or make mathematical calculations. It is caused by disease in the association area of the left parietal lobe of the brain.
A neurological disorder resulting from a lesion in the left (or dominant) parietal area. Patients are unable to point or name different fingers, have confusion of the right and left sides of the body, and are unable to calculate or write. In addition, they may have word blindness and homonymous hemianopia.
A neurological disorder characterized by a writing disability known as agraphia, along with an inability to comprehend mathematical calculations, differentiate right from left, and identify fingers (a form of agnosia). Many individuals with this condition also experience aphasia, which involves a complete loss of language skills. The syndrome may arise after a stroke or damage to the left parietal lobe of the brain, though the exact cause remains unknown.